Lounge Lizards

To the uninitiated, everything is obscure. Over the years, and I started writing fifty years ago, professional, religious and political magazines, I have discussed matters in which people are totally unfamiliar. Such are my travels through the world, every continent. What it is like to have grown up in poverty. The plight of the disabled (those in wheel chairs, deaf, blind, mentally challenged)... Trying to explain to people with no idea of the condition of living in a world of absolute blackness, blindness. Most people who sit on church pews have no concept of the Holiness of God, genuine repentance which most have never experienced. I heard both Billy Graham and James Kennedy say that 85% of those on church pews are unsaved. The man who so influenced my life Dr. RG Lee (Bellvue Baptist Church), said after his fifty years of pastoring one of the world's largest churches he would like to think that 10% of his congregation would meet him in heaven. After years of dynamic preaching and teaching he has concluded there is more alarm for those that attend church than those that do not.

Even in the country church, perhaps from traditions and habit, I saw people in the church time after time, hearing the message, their hearts just becoming more hardened. Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing. (2 Corinthians 7:9)

Many have never experienced repentance, thinking it is something they can do. It is a GIFT of God. In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth. (2 Timothy 2:25) Every life is under a cloud of things in which we are not proud. I have never met a perfect man. In other commentaries, I have discussed my many business activities, investments. It is risky enough going to a doctor with eyesight certainly not one who is blind. So this blind veteran has been involved in many other types of investing such as real estate etc. God has forgiven me for owing properties in which large night clubs were located with all of the activities that go on with such a business..

One large club, one of the more beautiful, original architectural types of buildings in the county was designed by the same man who designed the Lincoln Memorial. Such unique architecture should have been preserved by the owners of the land site which I sold to a consortium from Chicago. They tore down this building and built a “rabbit box” type strip mall.

On occasion, someone would drive me to one of the clubs. I have never been a night life person, knew nothing of the night club business. A woman walked up to me, she said, “I know you must own this business, why would a man of your stature own such a building?” She told me that her name was Marie. Later, I asked the manager, “who are these women in the club such as Marie”. He said, they are Lounge Lizards... lonely, escaping, addicted women who just want company. I had asked Marie to call me as I had wanted to talk with her. Educated, good family, divorced, her drinking started at the country club. She said that the same people at the country club were church people so she better fitted in the club scene Bars and clubs become hangouts for lonely, escaping people who need something they have not been able to fill in life. For a long time, alcohol was the drug of choice. Now there are designer drugs (marijuana, cocaine, etc.) One black girl, at another club, needing to talk to someone, was a pitiful mess, perspiration pouring off of her, shaking. So many educated black women will not settle for the typical black man who is just a nothing.

It starts with the first drink. Before long, the social drink leads to a habitual routine. There are more alcoholics among women than men but, men are usually the ones who go for treatment and rehabilitation because of family-business responsibilities.

The most radical point in the entire universe is the Cross of Christ. Lethargy in th church, failures in other areas of society... seeking relationships, friendships. Young people, particularly singles find recluse in clubs, bars, artificial comfort. The Lounge Lizard, trying to find answers to her problems at the bottom of a bottled; tattooed and pierced. Losing her identity with religion she may never be forced to explain her failures to children, her lack of character, because she will probably never know the joy of family.

Between sin and God, there is a wall of separation which only Jesus Christ can remove. For the lost, the addict, those seeking solace by artificial means there is no three step or even twelve step escape. You first must come to a full realization of your failure. Responsibility belongs to you and you alone. It is not easy, it is hard. We hear much about choice, the choice is yours. The weather vane, the sun dial, do not lie.

For years, some of the world's most ignorant art are sold at a great price. (some paintings upside down, you could not make sense of them) The secular media, vile, contemptible have attempted to destroy good with evil. At this most pivotal time in world history, we cannot afford to be fence sitters. You may have sought escape or fooled others. God is still in charge (choose you this day whom you will serve. Joshua 24:15)